lluvia (May 3,2010)

YO HOOOLA familia

bueno un gusto a escribirles to tell you im grrrreat! we had a missionary week (missionary week = great) for muchos reasons ONE) we taught tithing to Ana and Laureano and so what did they do this sunday..... PAY TITHING!!! that is a first for me, to see people who arent members yet pay tithing. super blessings are in store for them TWO) the relief society is going to help us sell the fritos so ana y laureano can get married THREE).... well im testifying of christ and inviting people to repent thats good enough in inself. It sounds like the hiking trip was a good one and HOW cool is it that katie is going to stay with you all. Tell her she can use my pillows if she wants. Well i understand that you all got some rain and im sure that its true, BUT here in colombia we´ve started the drenching season. All in all im pretty sure that we end up getting about the same about of rain but the dramatic thing is that here it dumps 2 days worth of rain in about 30 mins! that makes things interesting becasue its floods the canals and what is in them starts to float around on the street (we wont talk about whats in them but it is of various colors and smells interesting). also the streets turn to complete MUD after they have drained. well what we usually do when it rains is obvious.. teach but the thing is almost all the houses in our area have tin roofs. so when the rain is coming down colombian style its like somone has put a tin bucket on your head and then starts to whack it with drumsticks.... all in all it makes it rather difficult to communicate. But with my ever eager compa i usually pass the lesson to him when it the strongest and he yells really loud and the people sometimes understand him. OHH and what makes it more fun is when water starts coming in under the wooded walls and we arrange the seats (we are always in a very small cirlce so we can understand something) 2 or 3 times to avoid the puddles. sometimes we even help put little buckets out to catch the rain that leaks through the roof. but all this excitment is olny about 30 mins of every other day its not like nonstop lluvia and just when it stops out comes the sun strong as ever to dry things out bone dry. umm this sunday other than being mother day here is also stake conference so that might be fun, you know how i am with stake conference. Oh also yesterday they asked me to lead the hyms NOOOOOO it was so ridicouls. i was set to get everyone to sing the right rythm but i was completly foiled by the songs the bishop choose 1st one a poor wayfaring man of grief (the first time they heard it im sure) and the last one the best latin favorite...... HOW GREAT THOU ART!!! but ive learned to enjoy the interesting singing style of peopel who never have had the chance to study music.

thanks for your prayers for our invest. it has helped alot. pray that they strengthen their testimonys of the BoM its so important.

thanks for all your love and letters

Elder Larson